Recent content by Stone128

I've read folks with Tacoma's had no howling or normal wheel bearing symptoms replace with luck, but why would the lift all of a sudden make wheel bearings go bad is my question. Ultimately the wheel bearings and steering rack are the only things you haven't replaced. Ever do/consider replacing...

I'm leaning to the vibe being my LCA bushings, wheel bearings, or CVs now. You said the only things you didn't replace were LCA bushings and wheel bearings. Possibility?

I tried to install my metaltechs today and got Johnny joint into the frame but I can't get the bushing part down in the axle mount. Any suggestions? There is literally no way the bushing will fit into the axle mount...it is almost 1/4" larger than stock. This can't be correct...I'm going to...

I am in the salt belt as well. My only concern with the metal techs is that I've been reading they don't fit well? Does the install damage the mount points?

Any thoughts on UCAs? metal tech vs rokman vs the ones linked below? https://frontrangeoffroadfab.com/4runner-upper-links-3rd-gen-rear/

Measured pinion angle and it's about 4ish degrees.

So my vibes are worse than ever today and it's directly correlated with warmer weather. I'm about ready to cut my losses and go to 99 tall springs instead of messing with pinion angle to find out that's not it. My last ditch effort is to throw 500 lbs in the rear to simulate a different pinion...

Driveshaft is back in after being regrease and all slip yoke grease buildup removed. Vibes are almost non existent now but I need to do some more driving in warmer weather to confirm it's not just the colder temp giving me false positives. Did you ever get you panhard bar back in? I'm...

I dropped the rear drive shaft today And drove up to 60mph. My low speed accelrstion occilating drone/hum went away completely and I had 0 vibrations. All ujoints felt solid in the rear driveshaft so it's either shaft balance, pinion angle, or a bad ujoint that isn't obvious. I am going to...

The baffling thing to me is that others will lift to 3" and past with no vibes at all. I talked to a driveline shop and they said 3" shouldn't be enough to cause pinion vibes.

Are the rear UCAs hard to install? I'm assuming since it is the rear there is no need for another alignment after. Are the lower UCAs required at all? Did your vibration change depending on ambient temperature? This one has me puzzled the most.

I've been following this for some time and have a similar sounding vibration after lift on a 2002 w/ 165k miles. I installed Bilstein 5100s w/ OME 881 on second perch in front and OME 890 in rear. I gained 2.5" in front and 3" in rear. I also did a 1" Toytec diff drop, alignment, and longer...